I am still taking one class this semester to improve my Chinese. This last Friday, instead of class, the school took all the students to the most popular tourist site in our province: Shapotou Theme Park. It is basically sand dunes next to the Yellow River. They have some fun activities at this park including sand board sliding, camel riding, ATV riding on the sand, zip-lining across the river, and riding across the river on sheep skin boats. I took the family, and we did the free things including walking down the sand dunes, walking across the bridge, and walking along the river. (I guess we just did a lot of walking.) The school paid for our entrance fee, but all the other activities we had to pay on our own. They did stress that they didn't want us to ride the sheep skin boats because it is "very, very dangerous."
The day was quite beautiful. The trip consisted of a 2 and a half hour bus ride each way and Meliya did very well on the way there. The last 45 minutes of the trip home was pretty hard on Meliya. I think she just wanted to be in her own bed. Still, we are glad to have gotten the opportunity to hang out with the other students and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
All dressed and ready for the day:
Does this look dangerous?
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